Amzi

A son of Zechariah was named Amzi. He was an ancestor to the Levite priest Adaiah who was one of the Israelite exiles under the direction of Nehemiah when he returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the city walls.

D

Dalphon

Delaiah

Deliah is the name of several Biblical persons:

Son of Shemaiah, and officer to King Jehoiakim of Judah. He was one of the officers present at the delivery of a scroll sent by Jeremiah, and one of those who asked the king not to burn the scroll. (ibid. )

Harim

Head of a non-priestly family, with 320 members, which returned with Zerubbabel. Eight members of this family were found to have married gentile women, whom they divorced. Harim's son Malchijah was one of those who helped repair the walls of Jerusalem, including the Tower of the Furnaces. His seal was on the renewed covenant with God made by the Babylonian returnees. ()

Head of a priestly family, with 1017 members, which returned with Zerubbabel. Five members of this family were found to have married gentile women, whom they divorced. His seal was also on the renewed covenant. The head of his family at the time of the return was Adna. ()

Heber

Heber or Chéver is the grandson of the patriarch Asher mentioned at and in . Heber probably should not be confused with the Eber who was Noah's descendant.

Jimnah

Joash

Joash, an Abiezrite of the Tribe of Manasseh was the father of Gideon according to Bible (King James)/Judges#Chapter 6. His family was poor and lived in Ophrah. After Gideon tore down the altar of Baal and cut down the grove, the men of Ophrah sought to kill Gideon. Joash stood against them, saying, "He that will plead for [Baal], let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar."

Joel son of Samuel

Joel son of Samuel was the firstborn son of the prophet Samuel. According to Bible (King James)/1 Samuel#Chapter 8, Joel and his brother Abiah were appointed by Samuel to be judges in Beersheba. However, Joel and Abiah "walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment" prompting the Israelites to demand that Samuel give them a king.

Jogli

Joiarib

Joiarib ("God will contend") is the name of two Biblical persons:

Ancestor of Maaseiah the son of Baruch, who was one of those to resettle Jerusalem after the return from Babylonia. ()

The head of a family of priests at the time of the return from Babylonia. He was one of the "men of understanding" sent by Ezra to Iddo in order to procure men to minister in the Temple. His son was Jedaiah, one of the priests to resettle Jerusalem. The head of the family at the time of Joiakim was Mattenai. ()

Mehuman

Melchi

Melech

King, the second of Micah's four sons ), and thus grandson of Mephibosheth. Also related to a southwest Asian god, see Melech

Melea

Fullness, the son of Menan and father of Eliakim, in the genealogy of our Lord ().

Melzar

Probably a Persian word meaning master of wine, i.e., chief butler; the title of an officer at the Babylonian court , who had charge of the diet of the Hebrew youths.

Merab

"Increase", or "Majority", the eldest of Saul's two daughters (. She was betrothed to David after his victory over Goliath, but does not seem to have entered heartily into this arrangement (). She was at length, however, married to Adriel of Abel-Meholah, a town in the Jordan valley, about 10 miles south of Bethshean, with whom the house of Saul maintained alliance. She had five sons, who were all put to death by the Gibeonites on the hill of Gibeah ()

Meraiah

"Resistance", a chief priest, a contemporary of the high priest Joiakim (Neh 12:12).

Meraioth

"Rebellions",

(Father of Amariah, a high priest of the line of Eleazar ().

(), a priest who went to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel. He is called Meremoth in Neh 12:3.

Meremoth

"Exaltations, heights", a priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel to whom were sent the sacred vessels belonging to the temple. He took part in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem (Neh 3:4).

Merib-baal

Meaning "Contender with Baal," (),(), elsewhere called Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan.

Meshelemiah

"Friendship of Jehovah", a Levite of the family of the Korhites, called also Shelemiah (),() He was a temple gate-keeper in the time of David.

Meshillemoth

"Requitals". (1.) The father of Berechiah (). (2.) A priest, the son of Immer ().

Mijamin

A chief priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel who signed the renewed covenant with God. In the time of Joiakim his family had joined with that of Moadiah, and was led by Piltai. He was also called Miniamin. ()

A non-priestly Mijamin son of Parosh is mentioned in as one of those who divorced a gentile wife, and sacrificed a ram in atonement.

Mithredath

Mnason

"Reminding, or remembrancer". A Christian of Jerusalem with whom Paul lodged ((). He was apparently a native of Cyprus, like Barnabas ((), and was well known to the Christians of Caesarea ((). He was an "old disciple" (R.V., "early disciple"), i.e., he had become a Christian in the beginning of the formation of the Church in Jerusalem.

Moza

"A going forth."

One of the sons of Caleb ().

The son of Zimri, of the posterity of Saul (),().

Muppim

Muppim or Shuphim was the eighth son of Benjamin in Genesis 46:21 and Numbers 26:39.

Sharar

Shearjashub

Shearjashub, the first-mentioned son of Isaiah according to Bible (King James)/Isaiah#Chapter 7.
His name means "the remnant shall return" and was prophetic; offering hope to the people of Israel, that although they were going to be sent into exile, and their temple destroyed, God remained faithful and would deliverance "a remnant" from Babylon and bring them back to their land.